Bottle.



PATENTED JUNE 26. 1906.

R. SAUER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnron.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent;

katented June 26, 1906.

Application filed August 23, 1905. Serial No. 275,395.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH SAUER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles, and has for its objectto provide a bottle of suoli construction that it will be impossible orat least highly difficult to refill it without breaking a seal by whichthe original filling of the bottle is identified as the product or goodsfrom a certain house using such seal, thus serving to prevent thecounterfeiting of the liquid contents of the bottle. This and otherobjects I attain by the novel construction and arrangement of partsillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my improved bottle. Fig. 2 is a central sectional view onthe line a a in Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings by referencenumerals, 3 designates the bottle,which may be cylindrical or of any other form. In the side of the bodyof the bottle is provided a hole 4, through which the bottle is filledwhile lying in a horizontal position. The hole is then closed by a corkor other stopper 5, which is covered by a seal 6, formed of seal ing-waxor other suitable material and bearing some imprint by which the goodsin the bottle is identified as the genuine of its kind. Thus in Fig. 1the star and the letters N. S. and B might be known as the trademark ormark identifying a certain preferred brand of brandy or other liquor.

It will be observed that the cork is inserted in a slightly funnelshapedor iiared collar 7, projecting partly inside and partly outside thebottle, though it may be flush with the outside, and near its outer edgeit has an internal annular groove 8, in which the seal engages.

The upper end 9 of the neck 10 of the bottle is of a somewhat globularform, preferably formed with the shoulder 11 about its lower part. It isclosed or solid in its very top, but

provided with two diametrically opposite ducts 12, which slant downwardwith their outer ends. These ducts or openings are closed by a rubbercap 13, which fits tightly about the head 9 and has its lower edgeformed with a collar 14, which taking hold below the shoulders 11 helpsto hold the cap firmly in place, while it also enables the op `erator toget better hold of the cap when is not from the original or genuinegoods bottled only by the party referred to by the seal. To fill thebottle through the neck will obviously be impossible or at least sodificult that it will not pay to do so, as such filling could only beattempted with the bottle in a position that would not allow the air init to escape and give room for the liquid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bottle comprising a body with a hole at one side adapted to becorked and sealed, and a neck solid in its top and having two oppositeside openings, and suitable means for closing said side openings, saidopenings in the neck forming ducts extending on a slant out and downwardfrom the regular inner canal of the neck.

2. A bottle comprising a body with a hole at one side adapted to becorked and sealed, and a neck solid in its top and having two oppositeside openings, and suitable means for closing said side openings, saidopenings in the neck forming ducts extending on a slant out and downwardfrom the regular inner canal of the neck, and the annular shoulder 11below said openings to form a recess for the purposes set forth.

3. A bottle comprising in combination, a body with a hole at one sideadapted to be closed and sealed, a neck with a head solid in its top andhaving two opposite out and downwardly-slanting side openings commu- IOOIIO

nieating With the interior of the bottleneck, -I the shoulder 11 at thebase of said head, and and an elastic cap adapted to be forced l anelastic cap adapted to he forced snugly downward upon the head and keepsaid side downward over said head and to engage with openings closed. lits edges below said shoulder, 5 4. A bottle Comprising in combination,a In testimony whereof I ailiX niy signature 15 body With a hole at oneside adapted to be in presence of two Witnesses. Closed and sealed, aneolr with a head solid RUDOLPH SAUER, in its top and having tWoopposite out and Vitnesses: doWnWardly-slanting side openings eoniniu-PETER LEWITZ,

1o nieatng with the interior of the bottle-neck, CHARLES V. WHITE.

